Farmers have taken to milking the humble moose after centuries of trying to domesticate the horned quadruped - and the key is to smell like one of the beasts.

Milking the moose, while sounding like a euphemism, is actually become a small industry in Russia, where it is being drunk in sanatoriums.

And it takes more than to just think like a moose, with farmers covering themselves with a scent that smells like a calf in order to attract the females.

While it is being milked by hand, the moose believes that a calf is sucking from its teats due to the smell of the milker.

Scientists in Russia have been researching the benefits for the milk for decades, with one report claiming that “it is advisable that moose's milk be used in combined therapy and for prevention of gastroenterological diseases in children”.

It’s just like cow milk, but (it) has much more fat and more protein. It is used to treat gastrointestinal diseases like stomach ulcers.
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Well i guess it,s just the same as any other milk except for the high fat content, but i wouldn,t want to be the one milking a moose when it figures out your not her baby! :w00t:Those things are huge and can be very dangerous! And i think it would take a few generations to domesticate them into being as accepting as cows and goats etc...

See that seems repulsive.... but I don't know why, but it turned my stomach....

I wonder if they have similar properties to Camels Milk????

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4930094.stm

I'm not a big milk drinker, but to me this sounds gross...I can't even picture it...

Native Americans used moose a pack animals, I bet they milked them too. I don't see anything wrong with drinking it. I bet if ya'll weren't told what it is you wouldn't know the difference.

I'd try it with fruit loops

How come humans don't even drink there own kind's milk, instead they drink bovine milk?

I guess, you can't farm pregnant mothers for their milk, no matter how much you payed them. Lol (I'm not being sexist, it was just a joke.).

I cant get enough of that sugar crisp!

Actually.... some women do donate breast milk to organizations that hand it out / sell it to new mothers who cannot, for some reason, breastfeed their own babies. Yup.

Milking the moose. Interesting.

Moose milking, moose milk

Unusual...